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A new COVID-19 variant has emerged. Here's what we know about EG.5 so far (www.ctvnews.ca)
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The variant is called EG.5 and is a descendant of Omicron.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that EG.5 accounted for roughly 17.3 per cent — or one in six — of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past two weeks.

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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (13 children)

How come Canada still has no many anti-vax/lockdown nut jobs still?

Ours went away faster than the virus, what’s going on in Canadian society that they’re still falling for that shit? Kinda had more respect for youse than that.

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  • [–] 45 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Canadians are, more than ever before, influenced by American media and social media and that includes the dogmatic and polarizing rightwing anti-science narratives rooted in conspiracy theories and anti-intellectualism. We're being absorbed into the American weltanschauung since the advent of the Internet and our culture diluted. You can see it in our politics.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    Lead poisoning with the boomers and christofacists funding the Conservatives up here. Keep them dumb so they can further attack healthcare and other Canadian values so they can turn us into Americans.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Yeah I dunno. It’s gross. I found one at work unfortunately. He started going off on 15-minute cities and I’m just like, “Dude, you’re telling me an insane misinterpretation of the concept. I’ve heard it. I like you, but stop with this shit. I’m just trying to work.”

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    So this is the first time I've heard of the 15 minute city concept, especially as a bad thing. I live on a farm but if I wanted to move to the city... 15 minutes to everything sounds great. Isn't that sort of convenience kind of the whole point of a city?

    My ex lives in Moose Jaw and that's a pretty good description of it, it's 15 minutes drive from edge to edge and it's honestly a really nice little city. No traffic jams and you can also walk or bike most places you want to go, as long as the weather permits.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    The idea is that you’d be able to walk or bike to all your necessities - Doctor, Grocery Store, etc etc - within 15, reducing the need for cars.

    A 15-minute city would describe a neighbourhood in a larger city, really.

    They’ve somehow turned that in to “you will not be allowed to leave your 15-minute city”

    The counter argument is simply “who profits from you believing that?” I got a couple people to drop it by turning the conspiracy theory around on them.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I got a couple people to drop it by turning the conspiracy theory around on them.

    Generally this is the only tactic that works against brain worms

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Isn’t that sort of convenience kind of the whole point of a city?

    That's the point of a small town.

    The point of big cities is to concentrate capital so that a few people can become exceedingly wealthy.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "We don't have the funding that the US government does... How exactly do you propose Canada will fund the creation of 15 minute cities?"

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